Psalm 86:11 Teach me your way, O LORD; I will walk in your truth: unite my heart to fear your name. Unite my heart to fear thy Name. I. WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PRAYER? 1. It is prayer against double-mindedness. "The flesh lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh," etc. Two masters in the house whom we alternately serve - the heavenly and the earthly. Two steering the boat of our lives. 2. For wholeness or entireness of mind in the service of God. That the divided heart may be made one. That the conflicting aims should be destroyed by the strength and superiority of the one aim - to love and serve God as our Father. II. THE ANSWER TO THE PRAYER WOULD INCLUDE: 1. A sense of oneness with God. Let a man honestly and truly give himself to God, and make no reserves; let him determine to be true and faithful, - then he comes at once into the secret of faith and acceptance and fellowship with God, and he keeps the secret pure and bright. 2. Triumphant strength. Secret of strength is concentration upon a supreme aim and singleness of purpose. We cannot work out two plans of life that are in their nature mutually exclusive. When we can set aside all compromises and serve God with a united heart, we shall no longer be constantly baffled and defeated by our temptations, but able to cry with joy, "Thanks be unto God, that giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" 3. This will give us real peace. The peace of conscious rectitude; feeling that our purpose is honest and simple - to be Christ's without reserve. The peace of a great deliverance; and feel that we are the subjects of a great salvation. The peace of a great fearlessness; nothing to terrify the man who is at one with God; sits above all storms, and is secure and at home with God. - S. Parallel Verses KJV: Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.WEB: Teach me your way, Yahweh. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name. |
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